Here is just a small reminder that the Outdoor Life Network will broadcasta two-hour summary of the best and biggest stage race in America, the Dodge Tour de Georgia this Sunday, May 1, starting at 5:00 p.m. (eastern time in the U.S.) (Not to spoil the surprise ending, but we think the kid from Colorado did pretty well.)
America’s “breakthrough” professionals in the early 1980s, Greg LeMond and Jonathan Boyer, both developed their stage-racing skills at Colorado’s Red Zinger Bicycle Classic, which became the Coors Classic in 1980. No other bike race in the United States has had so much influence on the sport. Not only did it develop riders, it brought new ones into the sport, provided untold publicity (local, national and international), and made Boulder one of the epicenters of American cycling. While it was the race that was responsible for all those important developments, it was the man behind the race —
Popovych at Paris-Nice
Al Capp's Joe Btfsplk
Cunego en route to victory
Attorneys representing the U.S. Olympic Committee’s former medical director have subpoenaed a series of documents they allege contain the names of hundreds of athletes whose positive dope tests have been covered up by Olympic officials. Doctor Wade Exum, who until his “forced resignation” in 2000 served as the USOC’s director of drug control administration, filed an employment discrimination suit against his former employers in federal court that summer. A federal appeals court has since ruled that the case was not one that fell within the jurisdiction of the federal judiciary and so the
American Lance Armstrong’s retirement from competition could be short-lived - though his next potential adventure may be on four wheels instead of two. The six-time Tour de France winner is bidding for a seventh yellow jersey in the July 2-24 race, after which he will retire from cycling. However, the 33-year-old Texan has been offered the chance to compete in the Dakar Rally, which will be held next January, alongside NASCAR driver Robbie Gordon. "I received an e-mail from Robbie Gordon two months ago offering me the chance to drive car number three in the next Paris-Dakar," Armstrong
Exum addresses a Denver press conference in 2000
Petacchi takes the stage and the overall lead
Landaluze takes a flyer
Winning in Qatar
Ravaioli and Rosseler
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An anonymous e-mail sent Tuesday afternoon quietly marked the end of an era in modern cycling. At 38, and definitely a pedal stroke or two past his prime, Mario Cipollini – the Lion King, Ruler of the Sprints and the Master of Kitsch – said it was time to hang up the cleats. “Announcing my withdrawal less than two weeks before the Giro d'Italia is a painful but honest decision. The public will understand," said Cipollini in a statement released by his team, Liquigas. "Maybe, an ‘old man’ like me, who has given a lot to cycling and has also received a lot, has to recognize when is the
Casey Gibson hits the finish line
Cipo' makes a splash at the '99 Tour
At the 1993 Tour de France
Cipollini cultivates his fan base at the Giro
It’s Sunday, a dreary and rainy afternoon. It’s far too wet for an enjoyable ride and a modest crowd of local cyclists has turned out to watch a delayed broadcast of Liège–Bastogne–Liège at north Boulder’s Amante coffee shop. Although the television is blaring Alexander Vinokourov’s exciting win, a quick eavesdrop into surrounding conversations reveals a more interesting buzz. The drama of the race is not exactly the subject for today’s talk, and familiar reoccurring questions bounce between conversations.Do you think he really did it?He couldn’t possibly have…but could he have?Do you
Savoldelli: A difference of 0.23 seconds
Cipollini wins at this year's Tour of Qatar
Celebrating the new record at the Giro.
LVDB winner Cavaliere with Bisbee Mayor Ron Oertle
On the Côte de St. Roch (1km at 11.2 percent)
T-Mobile wisely sends Wesseman (r) into the day's first break
Di Luca didn't make the cut on Sunday, but holds the ProTour lead
The dynamic duo on the way up La Redoute
Rebellin didn't get to repeat any of his three wins from last year
Voigt makes his jump...
Absalon is back on track for another good year
One-Two punch: Fraser and Henderson take the sprint for Health Net
Tafi's racing career is coming to a close
Armstrong and another soon-to-be-retiree at the start
Pate and Tafi tried to animate the day
Vino' had lots of time to celebrate.
Vino' beats Voigt to the line with a nicely timed charge through the final turn.
Discovery locked it down
... and Vinokourov decides that this one needs to be followed
It was a long day in the saddle at Brasstown Bald, and not just for the riders. We asked ace shooter Casey Gibson if he'd stick around a little longer than usual to provide us with a photo gallery, and he indulged us. Here's what he sent .
McCartney on the attack
Vande Velde launches, hoping to set up either Julich or Zabriskie
Something you don't see every day: a six-time Tour champ working for a young up-and-comer
Image Files Fleche Wallone/Liege-B-L
Landis and Armstrong were all smiles at the start
But once the gun fired, Discovery went after Landis's jersey with a vengeance ... here, Cruz and Danielson are shown working together
Zabriskie was in the thick of things until the final kilometers
And youngsters Lowe and Raisin continued their struggle for the best young rider title
Clearing up
Image Files Fleche Wallone/Liege-B-L
The venue at the Spa Francochamps Formula One circuit outside Liège
As you can see, some parts look better than others ...
Image files - Tour de Georgia Stage 5 and 6
... while other parts look even worse than others
Image files - Tour de Georgia Stage 5 and 6
Tom Danielson, Lance Armstrong, and Christian Vande Velde: Is Tom ready to Tour?
Rogers photo
Danielson rode off the front and stayed there, seizing the stage and the overall lead
Image files - Tour de Georgia Stage 5 and 6
Leipheimer tagged along with Danielson, but couldn't hold the pace in the finale
It’s always nice going to Paris. Even in January, when the trees are bare, the tables and chairs of sidewalk cafés are chained up, and cold breezes make you turn your collar up as you walk along the Champs-Élysées. It was on that famous avenue, at a lunchtime reception in a swank hotel, that the 1981 Renault-Gitane professional cycling team was presented to the media. The star attraction, of course, was Bernard Hinault. The Frenchman was at the height of his fame, the newly crowned world champion, and eager to win a third Tour de France after knee tendinitis forced him to quit the race in
Landis fought valiantly, but was outmanned and outgunned on Brasstown Bald
DENVER (AP) -- A top lawyer for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said Friday that the organization stood behind the test that led to Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton's two-year suspension for a blood-doping violation, the first case based on the test designed to detect blood transfusions. An independent panel of arbitrators voted 2-1 to suspend Hamilton for receiving another person's blood, the Colorado Springs-based agency announced earlier this week. Hamilton tested positive for doping on Sept. 11 during the Spanish Vuelta. Hamilton has consistently denied any doping violation and